Olivia Business Centre is the patron of the Gdańsk edition of the European Mobility Week (Sustainable Development). This cyclical initiative, which takes place in September, promotes sustainable transport and ecological ways of moving around the city. This year’s edition is held under the slogan “Let’s share mobility”. The idea is close to Olivia – over the last few months, Olivia Business Centre has been developing many projects related to ecology, promoting the change of habits related to moving around the city and improving the comfort of commuting to the centre.

Two wheels faster than four?

Commuting time to the workplace is one of the most important factors influencing the attractiveness of an employer’s offer. The location of the office in a well-connected place, such as the city center, makes the commute not only shorter, but also faster, simpler and cheaper.

Increasingly, as a means of transport, it is chosen… bicycle, especially since the network of bicycle paths in Gdańsk alone is currently as long as 671 km. This way of getting to Olivia Business Centre is used by more and more people, especially those living in the surrounding districts: Oliwa, Wrzeszcz, Zaspa, Przymorze, Jelitkowo or Morena.

– Cyclists benefit from the constantly expanding infrastructure in our centre. At the moment, there are over 500 parking spaces for cyclists, 5 large changing rooms with showers, separate lockers in changing rooms and bicycle repair stations in Olivia Business Centre. During the European Mobility Week, we also plan to treat cyclists to healthy snacks, m.in will be waiting for them. fresh fruit – says Katarzyna Halicka from the marketing department of Olivia Business Centre.

OBC also supported the European Cycling Challenge bicycle project, Spin kilometers for Gdańsk. Throughout May, people commuting to Olivia by bicycle could help themselves to healthy snacks at a special BioBazar Young City stand, or make a quick inspection of their two-wheeler at a mobile repair station of the City of Gdańsk.

Closer by bus

According to the results of surveys conducted among Olivia’s employees, Gdańsk’s Ujeścisko was the district from which it was most difficult to get directly to the business center. Often, the only choice was a car… It remained, because from May the route to and from OBC can be covered by Olivia’s bus – comfortably, with WiFi and without additional stops. The service includes two morning and two afternoon courses. The stops are located at ul. Piotrkowska Street, next to the Łostowice-Świętokrzyska tram terminus (new), and opposite Hala Olivia. The price of a monthly subscription is only PLN 10. Applications should be made by writing to the bus@oliviacentre.com.

Carpooling by car

In June, Olivia implemented another employee-friendly and integration solution – carpooling. Every person who decides to share a space in their car and commute to work with other employees of the centre has a chance to win, for example, parking spaces in Olivia. Employees have at their disposal a dedicated platform cp.oliviacentre.com. At the moment, the carpooling community has recorded more than 70 routes.

Electric cars to rent and charge

Since this year, Olivia has also been operating a carsharing service, a short-term rental of passenger cars. A solution dedicated to business customers who occasionally use a car was introduced by Enspirion sp. z o.o. (ENERGA Group) together with Olivia Business Centre. All vehicles in the fleet are environmentally friendly electric cars. It is worth noting that there are as many as two charging points for electric cars in Olivia Business Centre.

In recent months, Olivia Business Centre has also invested in the construction of a new intersection at ul. Grunwaldzka and the development of a rich parking infrastructure. Information about current events in Olivia Business Centre can be found on the www.oliviacentre.com website and on the Facebook profile: www.facebook.comoliviabusinesscentre